by Joanne Grumet
my tongue is mute
servant of words
longs for pleasure
to lick at life
has tasted the sweet
and the bitter
Joanne Grumet’s chapbook Garden of Eve was published by Finishing Line Press in 2020. Her poems have also appeared in the journals The Poetry Quarterly, The Same, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, and the Wisconsin Review, as well as online at NYCBigCityLit.com, The Vital Sparks, The Closed Eye Open, One Art, and in The Bangalore Review. In addition, her poetry can be found in the archives of the Brooklyn Museum. Her songs and poetry have been featured on the cable tv show The Song, out of South Deerfield, Massachusetts. You can hear her songs at www.Reverbnation.com/summerwind.